Amputations

Name: Amputations at Target Corporation
Start: 10/1/2017

1 amputation · 2017109438 · 10/1/2017 · Target Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Fingertip(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Cans

Employer

Name: Target Corporation
Location: 3112 Vestal Parkway East, VESTAL, NEW YORK, 13850
NAICS: 452990
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was dumping garbage out of a tipster (a plastic garbage can on wheels) that had a crack. As the employee was putting the tipster back down, the employee's right index fingertip was caught and amputated in the crack.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown